Jeff said in an interview that he practiced an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon. Jeff slept with a guitar by his bedside in case he got inspiration . Jeff was a trail blazer who followed his own creative path and a true master of his instrument .🎸💫🎼⭐️
God bless him. He was a Bach, Beethoven, Mozart level genius. So underappreciated. He was not a great composer, but he was one of the greatest interpreters and virtuoso's of all time. Jimmy Page was ranked #3 by Rolling Stone Beck was ranked # 5. I would however move Eric Clapton from # 2 to like 10 or 11. Beck should be #2 after Hendrix, Then Page, then Stevie Ray. Prince, maybe #5.
Jeff beck's playing is like impressionist painting... so many details, twiches, quirks... and all performed so subtly and superbly that it's hard to believe he's human. Incredible, unmatchaded virtuoso.
@@almico123 to bend a note or to lower a note is possible but a tremolo can do that it's its job with a vibrato side too i know some players who imitate a floyd rose system like dive bombing too without any floyd with their guitar it's up to us to find the best method
He is swelling the volume knob while making micro adjustments on the whammy bar and fingering the notes. Such an amazing right hand. Yet he never hits a bad note. The most amazing electric guitarist of my generation.
@@joshclark1810 A friend saw Jeff Beck at a big venue a few years ago and at the end, as everyone was leaving, a bloke in the middle of the audience, a few rows in front of him stood up and said, to the people sat near him: "Absolutely marvellous!!!!!!!!!!!!!". It was Mr Page.
Jeff was one of the truly unique voices on the guitar, and I will never understand how he does what he does. It's used a lot nowadays, but Jeff was a legend. RIP ❤️
Nobody can play like Beck. He is a true virtuoso. I have never heard anyone else get the sounds out of an electric guitar that he does. Simply amazing.
@@javiertaramona5982 No. Not even Roy. Roy was a brilliant player and got amazing tones out of his Tele, but i think Jeff is in a class of his own. There are lots of great players out there but nobody 'owns' the guitar like Jeff does. He wrings every conceivable sound out of it, with such amazing control and feel. He's a true virtuoso.
Interesting how this comments section has become an homage to Jeff Beck himself, since this tune is a Charles Mingus tribute to Lester Young. I get it, as this was posted just after his death, and Beck was arguably one of the three greatest guitarists of my lifetime so far, along with John McLaughlin and Alan Holdsworth. I just find that this tune is also a great tune to use to remind us all not only of Jeff Beck's amazing virtuosity but also of the excellent compositional genius of Charles Mingus who obviously very much loved and wished to honor Lester Young, one of the greatest Horn players of all time. There are now so many great versions of this song, and this one absolutely stands out! RIP Messrs. Beck, Mingus and Young and thanks to you all!
@@Notes-From-Underground66 My post is neither misleading nor have I omitted ANYthing at ALL! I called the thread "interesting" ... how can that in any way, shape, or form be considered misleading or omitting anything?!? What part of "I get it" did you just miss or NOT understand?!? Apparently along with spelling, reading comprehension is not your forte (you may want to look that word and many others up in the dictionary). Just because you know a few things and felt compelled to add those in a snarky condescending manner to my post does not mean that MY post is lacking any information, considering it was MY post and I shared EXACTLY WHAT I intended! I never once intimated (again, use the dictionary) that McLaughlin's and Beck's versions were similar and over and over again, I praise Jeff Beck and his virtuosity in MY post. I also said his version absolutely stands out! Just wtf post were you reading, anyway? Obviously, NOT mine! The word chord is spelled "CHORD,". not cord, btw ... really, if your are going to comment on music, especially to criticize someone else's post, the least you can do is use spell check or learn to spell. I play and compose on several instruments, have been writing songs for nearly fifty years and have won awards ... multiple. You are no-one to me to be trying to school me on what it means to compose and/or interpret a piece of music! The word due is spelled "DUE" not do! I also recognized Beck's being a genius guitar wizard, you are not alone in that!
@@jerryj.edwardgoodwin4758 LOL… I am not going to waste my time reading a self serving novella; you must led a vapid existence to take the time to write a retort that long. Goodbye…
@@jerryj.edwardgoodwin4758 LOL… Do you really think I am going to waste my time reading your retort which rivals the length of a novella. I am retired which I was able to do at age 55. I will totally €existence£ by the end of the day. Goodbye….
Sheesh, guy is like a fountain of endlessly creating new notes, effects, and sounds. How could anyone's attention not be on him the whole time...Hendrix would have been in heaven listening to him.
Exactly. Wonderful description. And as he himself said he knew when to pull in the reigns and control or cease the chaos so just enough. And then the subtlety. I hope they televise his tribute concert 22 May worldwide. Still feeling some pain
This is so hard to watch now. If you loved Jeff, it's because you loved all types of perfect music. He was the very best in my eyes. No macho bullshit. Just glorious, PURE melody, an ear for weird and beautiful. THAT IS HIS LEGACY. I loved him. RIP old friend.
There's so much technical and artistic mastery on display here that it's hard to know where to begin. First, Beck is still and will always be the coolest cat in the room. That's not controversial, I'd think Led Zep and the Stones would be the first to tell you the same thing. You can just look at Beck and can see how he is completed by the guitar. It's part of him. The way he conveys emotion with dynamics, pitch, and speed is the gold standard for all musicians - you aspire to have that much control over your instrument that it plays whatever you're thinking at any given moment - a perfect conduit.
"I'd think Led Zep and the Stones would be the first to tell you the same thing." The fact that Robert Plant can be seen in the back of the room grooving to this song in the video lends to suggesting you are exactly right.
He made me take fusion serious for the first time as a teenager. I think it’s Vinnie Colaiuta on drums- the greatest drummer of all time possibly. He has no problem taking the back seat in a gig like this and when he played with Sting. He can play anything, including a simple beat. A true rarity. A great drummer knows when it’s their job to keep time and when it’s time for them to shine. Dave Weckl can’t play this gig, imagine the guy from Dream Theater lol. When I saw Beck live my only problem was sometimes his band covered him up. Might have been the acoustics it was a symphony hall too much echo. He had a dif band not as good as this one. I think it was 99 or 2000.
If your a young player and can appreciate this man your in the right path. He moves around the musical universe with a note or two and can create tension out of nothing. Amazing player.
Absolutely. He's not my favorite by any means, but you just have to recognize his playing and how unique his voice is. He makes it look so easy too. Like the music just flows through him.
Of the three former Yardbirds guitar players, Jeff Beck was the best. And I’m a huge Clapton fan, but Beck-wow, what can I say? The cat was absolutely unique, and he got better as time went on. RIP Mr. Beck. We won’t see his like again.
Totally agree about Jeff being the best yardbirds, was fortunate. To have been at his first session at the Marquee, my life is now poorer by his passing.
Just ask Eric Clapton... He said (Amongst other things) that Beck only really cares about two things: 1 - Playing his guitar, and 2 - working on his cars. He further said that although he (Clapton) varied around different genres of guitar, Jeff remained true to his roots and is basically perfecting himself.
Jeff beck is one of the first generation of British rock, blues and jazz artists. I'm surprised to hear he was only 78. He must have been a teenage prodigy back when he played for the Yard Birds. He had an original style that really stood out when he started his own band.
Everything I love about Jeff Beck in one performance. The melodic brilliance, the technique, all mixed with some unpredictability. We just lost a great one. R.I.P.
I love how he does the volume knob and the whammy together. It takes a lifetime to command phrasing like Jeff. Always beautiful to watch and listen to his playing. May he live 1000 years. See Robert Plant in the house at 1:53.
I was in the same boat until, back in 1988 I decided to check out his 1974 album 'Blow By Blow' and that album made a profound impression upon me. I have been a fan ever since then.
Me too!!! Just started listening to him......in 1965---my top three would be Jimi, Duane and Jeff....in some order--Clapton said he considered putting down his axe after hearing Jeff in 1965 or 1966!!
Man, I knew Jeff Beck was an important guitarist, but never understood why until now. Man, so much detail in his playing. Artistic controll is crazy high. Beautiful playing all around. Thanks for posting!
In the 70s Blow by Blow was the No1 album voted by guitarists for 5-6 years straight with good reason. It was recommended by a teacher back then and still sounds awesome. A reference album when testing audio.
The best thing about Jeff Beck's playing is that he turns the guitar into something else, it's a true extension of himself and few guitarists are able to do that. Would kill to see him live, but never had the chance. The band he's with are killer as well, completely compliment the entire song so well.
Heard this song around 1977 and immediately became a Jeff Beck fan. Fast forward to 2016, I discovered I love jazz music and next thing you know I'm hearing the original version of goodbye pork pie hat. Only took 40 years to connect the dots!
I find myself always coming back to some Jeff Beck. Honestly I can't think of anybody else that does what he does. Strange that he's not really known as a mega star but his skill level is on another planet.
RIP MAN....você faz parte da história da vida de todos os loucos sobreviventes dos tempos em que o Sol brilhava e as pessoas sonhavam com um mundo melhor para todos.... God bless you man.... Thanks for all...
I met Jeff Beck 1966 in Frankfurt, Germany, as he ist playing with the Yardbirds. Since that time I am a great Fan of him. For me he is playing in the same League with Jimi!
THESE SPEEDSTERS ON YOU TUBE SIT AROUND IN THERE BEDROOM WASTING TIME TRYING TO LEARN TO OUT PLAY THE NEXT GUY IS SO INSANE. THEY ALL SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF BEES LOL AND CAN'T WRITE A ORIGINAL SONG TO SAVE THERE ASS. TRAGIC
Jeff Beck, leaving his signature mark on Charles Mingus' masterpiece, and using it as an introduction into another tune altogether. Musical sublimity aside, this footage is priceless in that it allows us to see, up close and personal, the way in which Beck literally PULLS the music out of his guitar in a manner so singular that I can think of no antecedent player (or descendent player for that matter) to point to, who has done it this way. Jeff Beck is a genuine original.
This was LIVE at Ronnie Scott's pub in London (A MUST HAVE) with the LEGENDARY Robert Plant AND Jimmy Page in the audience and how lucky everyone was that night to witness one of the (my fav 5 -Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush) ALL-TIME great rock guitarists that will ever grace this planet give an absolutely incredible, one-of-a-kind intimate performance (major kudos to Tal, Vinnie and Jason best ever band & live performance)!!! I've watched/listened to this amazing DVD for a hundred times at least the past two plus years (got me thru COVID) and never tire of it and never will, an absolute GEM of a performance, EPIC. God Bless you Jeff Beck, hope to meet you and Hendrix and many, many others in Guitar Heaven some day. Kirk out.
From childhood (being 63 today) I have followed your comps. I know how many demand that you remain stagnant and even be less than who you are as a musician. But your English heritage made you an explorer. Without you Brits America wouldn't exist.
Jeff, enjoy the party the Gods are throwing for your arrival. Jimi is playing your Bolero when you enter. Stevie Ray is waiting for you to cover Cold Shot, and BB King Will be your guide to cross the Mississippi River to heaven You belong with them. I miss you already. Thank you for every note you played.
Mischievous and cheeky for life. The cat always knew only one way to play - fresh, imaginative, soulful, honest, and unpredictable. No fronts. I'm here for all of it
Something about “watching” him play guitar elevates the experience. He is a total master to the instrument. He can make sing, dance, and everything in between and it’s a joy to watch and listen
Jeff Beck is one of the only guitarists who even when he plays an astonishing solo it isn't about his virtuosity, it's about the song. Like the way Sinatra delivered a song - always about the music, not about showing off.
The Warrior, too soon, has left us, but what he left behind will always be with us. Rest in power Jeff. You will always be the coolest cat in the room, wherever you may be.
Jimmy Page is my favorite guitar player of all time. But Jeff Beck is the best. I first discovered him in about 1977 on the live with the Jan Hammer group. I was not even 15 and I was just flabbergasted. I've been a die-hard fan ever since. Lucky enough to have seen him twice.
so amazing...beyond real. I saw Jeff Beck over 30 years ago In San Francisco. he has ONLY GOTTEN BETTER... unreal. full circle and the one and only. nobody does it better.
That's the crazy thing. Everybody else hit their peak at some point early in their career and never seemed to get particularly better. Jeff just never has peaked. No matter how good, he's even better a few years later... and then even better than that after another few years. He was one of the two best in the world (along with Hendrix) by '69 or '70, yet today's Jeff would give that younger version of himself lessons and run him off a stage.
This is the real Master Class! Most of the today Guitarists are Jerking around but Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck Control the whole Spectrum of feelings, interpretation, Notes etc. A Real Master of Guitar expression!
So many players get stuck in the boxes .. dare to venture out .. i listen to jeff just to hear what may come out next .. very skillful under control playing .. I've been playing for 40 years and I'm glued to his next move
You know, D Man, someone made a comment saying he was clearly the best guitarist of his era. That is a pretty wide era as it includes artists like Blackmore, Hendrix, Page, Alvin Lee and the list is huge. But, I am inclined to agree with that, just for the reason that you posted above. Beck didn't stay in one place too long. He kept re-inventing himself, and that is what made him a great. He was only on the forefront in The Yardbirds. But all of the music this man released was phenomenal. When I hear people touting Van Halen as the greatest guitarist, I laugh, as there are so many that are so much better than him. But Beck, he remains unmatched in his performance, his phrasing, his execution and his overall laid back style of playing. I have been playing over 50 years and I have known many greats but Beck still the greatest living guitarist from the 60's, a living legend.
He's too rigid in his playing I think. I think he should get out of the habit of thinking what phrase or trick to do next and just relax, let go and play in a more natural style.
